sg10 conference

Day 1 - shop talk

1. conversation about a craft or occupation, particularly outside of working hours

2. specialized vocabulary concerning a particular craft or occupation

The SmartGeometry workshop has for several years been followed by an Alumni Summit. In 2010, reflecting the theme "Working Prototypes", the Alumni Summit became Shop Talk: a moment after intensive days of innovative work to reflect on what has been accomplished and where the discipline is headed. The event featured informal discussions between leading practitioners and emerging talent in digital design, offering an inside perspective on how design prototypes are conceived, created, and tested. Shop Talk provided a rich context for the following day's Conference program, showing how the state of the art is forged in the studio.

Welcome

Adam Davis SmartGeometry GroupHuw Roberts Bentley Systems

Make Sense: Learning How to LearnDiscussing the use of constraints and prototypes for experiments in art and design.

Eric Ellingsen Species of Space / Institut für Raumexperimente

Make a Difference: Educated GuessesHow do innovative prototypes affect design education? Can new ways of teaching be prototyped?Rob Woodbury Simon Fraser University